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South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

COP27 climate summit looks likely to disappoint

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INTERNATIONAL

This COP comes amid growing calls for urgent climate action, from bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and others. Discussion looks likely to be…

‘Micro-programmes’ fail to empower women

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INTERNATIONAL

Evaluation of women's empowerment programmes.

International climate finance will remain inadequate

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INTERNATIONAL

The move comes amid growing pressure for action to address climate change and help developing nations adapt to its impacts, and tensions between developed and developing countries…

Gaza war complicates Indian planning on key projects

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INDIA

India has refused to criticise any Israeli actions in the Gaza war, but at the same time, it has reiterated its support for a two-state solution to the wider Israeli-Palestinian…

Pressure for drastic climate action to build post-COP

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INTERNATIONAL

The agreement has been widely criticised for its shortcomings, not least its failure to secure commitments to end coal use and to make major breakthroughs in climate governance…

Foreign policies are adopting gender goals, but slowly

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INT

This trend is paralleled by an increase in other types of gender equality policies being promoted in the development, diplomatic, security and trade sectors in numerous other…

Colombia’s Petro will pursue drug policy change

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COLOMBIA

This indicates a potential move away from US-sponsored, militarised strategies of coca eradication, cocaine interception, the ‘decapitation’ of trafficking networks and the…

Summits highlight Africa’s growing importance

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AFRICA

Taken together, the rise of these ‘Africa-plus-one’ conferences points to the continent’s growing geopolitical significance, which may only increase as external partners…

EU Israel-Palestine policy will remain contradictory

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EU

The lack of a clear strategy is systemic, arising from the lack of a functioning common EU foreign policy. Stuck in the parameters of the two-state solution and refusing to…